THE coldest weather for 30 years has
brought temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius and left about
260,000 people in need of emergency aid in northern China's Inner
Mongolia region, state media says.
The cold spell killed at least two people and about 180,000 head of
livestock, affecting some 770,000 people across Inner Mongolia since
late December, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. (Source AAP)

And a China Update:

Temperatures in China have plunged to
their lowest in almost three decades, cold enough to freeze coastal
waters and trap 1,000 ships in ice, official media said at the weekend.

Since
late November the country has shivered at an average of minus 3.8
degrees Celsius, 1.3 degrees colder than the previous average, and the
chilliest in 28 years, state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday, citing
the China Meteorological Administration.Bitter
cold has even frozen the sea in Laizhou Bay on the coast of Shandong
province in the east, stranding nearly 1,000 ships, the China Daily
newspaper reported. (UK Daily Mail)

And the Sub-continent:

LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- More than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures. (Associated Press)

For the thousands of homeless in the city, this record-breaking winter
is turning out to be a sore trial. As the mercury stayed at a 44-year
daytime low through Wednesday, they bore their misery huddled on
pavements, spaces under flyovers, and in open grounds as there was not
enough space to house all of them at the city's 150 night shelters. (Times of India)

Korea is also suffering:

SEOUL - A prolonged cold spell sent the mercury plummeting throughout
South Korea Thursday, with temperatures dropping to their lowest levels
in decades, the country's weather agency said.

The South Korean capital city of Seoul recorded a temperature of
minus 16.5º Celsius in the morning, the lowest in 27 years since a minus
16.9º C was recorded in 1986, the Korea Meteorological Administration
said. (interaksyon.com)

Bulgaria records four record lows:

Four temperature records were registered Thursday morning by Bulgaria's national weather service, as a cold wave grippedBulgaria, the country.

The coldest location and one of the temperature records is the weste
rn city of Kyustendil with -19 degrees Centigrate, said the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology.

The other three records were registered at the central town of
Kazanlak (-14.8ºC), south-western city of Blagoevgrad (-13.5 C), and
north-western city of Montana (-11.8ºC).

The situation in north-eastern Bulgaria remains complicated due to low temperatures, snow drifts and ice, with some roads impassible. (novinite.com)

Before the rabid alarmists start blaming Australia's heat wave on man's emissions of the vital-to-life carbon dioxide, NCTCS blog recommends that they look at the rest of the world.